State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 272,296 Texas births in 1987 across 3,450 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Texas more than they say America.

#58Joe#184 nationally
#54Priscilla#168 nationally
#68Mayra#182 nationally
#87Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#88Rauloutside the national top 200
#92Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#73Ruben#180 nationally
#96Pedrooutside the national top 200
#72Ana#169 nationally
#84Javier#179 nationally
#97Sergio#189 nationally
#77Roberto#167 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica4,262US #1
#2Ashley4,164US #2
#3Amanda3,168US #3
#4Jennifer2,622US #4
#5Sarah1,998US #5
#6Stephanie1,798US #6
#7Brittany1,584US #7
#8Elizabeth1,502US #10
#9Lauren1,448US #16
#10Crystal1,403US #26
#11Amber1,324US #15
#12Melissa1,276US #13
#13Heather1,190US #9
#14Samantha1,187US #11
#15Rachel1,177US #17
#16Megan1,134US #12
#17Tiffany1,096US #18
#18Kimberly1,070US #23
#19Laura1,070US #22
#20Christina1,048US #20
#21Amy916US #24
#22Michelle913US #21
#23Vanessa909US #43
#24Maria892US #53
#25Emily875US #19
#26Erica871US #31
#27Rebecca829US #25
#28Danielle806US #14
#29Whitney794US #32
#30Courtney782US #33
#31Nicole743US #8
#32Victoria699US #50
#33Katherine693US #28
#34Monica690US #64
#35Sara670US #29
#36Kayla669US #27
#37Mary650US #37
#38Andrea635US #36
#39Krystal634US #70
#40Veronica627US #80
#41Angela605US #35
#42Lindsey587US #41
#43April582US #58
#44Chelsea582US #47
#45Lisa544US #40
#46Kristen514US #42
#47Valerie507US #93
#48Cynthia479US #84
#49Erin478US #34
#50Jamie472US #39
#51Kelly471US #30
#52Natalie463US #56
#53Anna449US #52
#54Priscilla446US #168
#55Brenda434US #129
#56Brittney434US #61
#57Allison422US #44
#58Kathryn422US #51
#59Angelica418US #106
#60Erika414US #75
#61Patricia414US #76
#62Alicia412US #46
#63Leslie410US #89
#64Christine404US #48
#65Katie387US #38
#66Jacqueline378US #54
#67Diana372US #85
#68Mayra355US #182
#69Kristina353US #62
#70Julie349US #65
#71Kristin345US #55
#72Ana339US #169
#73Alyssa333US #60
#74Shannon330US #45
#75Sandra326US #115
#76Alexandra325US #59
#77Cassandra321US #68
#78Brandi315US #88
#79Nancy312US #126
#80Holly305US #71
#81Lindsay302US #49
#82Kendra300US #77
#83Hannah297US #66
#84Catherine294US #74
#85Meagan289US #136
#86Casey285US #81
#87Claudia281
#88Kelsey269US #67
#89Denise268US #132
#90Yesenia261US #137
#91Felicia259US #96
#92Adriana252
#93Morgan251US #95
#94Tara249US #69
#95Mallory248US #91
#96Natasha245US #73
#97Brandy242US #92
#98Jasmine240US #79
#99Julia239US #86
#100Jenna236US #57

Boys

#1Christopher4,280US #2
#2Michael3,988US #1
#3Joshua3,041US #4
#4David2,883US #5
#5Matthew2,803US #3
#6Justin2,664US #9
#7John2,492US #11
#8Daniel2,406US #7
#9James2,332US #8
#10Robert2,264US #10
#11Jose2,178US #48
#12Andrew1,965US #6
#13Jonathan1,915US #18
#14Brandon1,784US #14
#15Joseph1,646US #12
#16William1,616US #15
#17Ryan1,605US #13
#18Eric1,585US #21
#19Jeremy1,367US #29
#20Juan1,348US #66
#21Kevin1,257US #19
#22Anthony1,245US #17
#23Jason1,236US #23
#24Jacob1,220US #31
#25Aaron1,173US #34
#26Steven1,089US #25
#27Brian1,047US #20
#28Richard1,046US #30
#29Nicholas1,029US #16
#30Cody1,028US #49
#31Thomas980US #24
#32Kyle939US #22
#33Timothy930US #26
#34Mark928US #36
#35Charles920US #35
#36Stephen914US #38
#37Adam911US #27
#38Benjamin840US #28
#39Dustin827US #44
#40Travis812US #42
#41Zachary805US #33
#42Jesus800US #104
#43Jeffrey737US #32
#44Luis706US #82
#45Samuel704US #50
#46Paul680US #46
#47Bryan678US #51
#48Patrick654US #41
#49Carlos647US #74
#50Nathan621US #45
#51Jesse605US #55
#52Alexander581US #37
#53Jordan574US #52
#54Adrian554US #102
#55Sean547US #40
#56Kenneth542US #53
#57Tyler530US #39
#58Joe513US #184
#59Victor502US #91
#60Derek484US #54
#61Jorge479US #129
#62Scott479US #43
#63Gregory472US #47
#64Jared466US #58
#65Miguel465US #110
#66Marcus458US #67
#67Mario456US #108
#68Austin452US #76
#69Gabriel435US #98
#70Francisco434US #135
#71Cory431US #62
#72Ricardo430US #131
#73Ruben426US #180
#74Edward423US #61
#75Bradley422US #56
#76Corey418US #57
#77Roberto417US #167
#78Phillip409US #68
#79Joel402US #75
#80Antonio394US #72
#81Manuel391US #138
#82Martin390US #118
#83Chad376US #63
#84Javier372US #179
#85Oscar371US #163
#86Alex357US #60
#87Edgar346US #169
#88Raul345
#89Casey334US #80
#90Hector334US #172
#91Alejandro331US #173
#92Blake323US #106
#93Wesley322US #92
#94Raymond320US #79
#95George316US #77
#96Pedro313
#97Sergio307US #189
#98Johnny305US #127
#99Shawn302US #59
#100Taylor299US #117

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑44Kayla#36
↑28Chelsea#44
↑18Alexandra#76
↑16Derek#60
↑15Angelica#59
↑14Cory#71
↑13Ruben#73
↑11Austin#68

Falling

↓19Lindsay#81
↓18Shawn#99
↓12Brandy#97
↓11Sandra#75
↓10Diana#67
↓10Tara#94
↓10Bradley#75
↓10Chad#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.